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11/11/2025
2025 Regester Lecture: “Dating a Zombie: AI Romantic Companions and the Question of Consciousness” Puget Sound Philosophy professors Ariela Tubert and Justin Tiehen will deliver at the 53rd John D. Regester Lecture. This lecture series was established in 1965 to honor Puget Sound faculty member …
10/27/2025
Philosophy Talk: Giving & Withholding Uptake Pierce College professor Kelly Weirich is coming to Puget Sound to give a talk on philosophy of language, titled “Giving and Withholding Uptake.” This event will be held on Wednesday, O…
09/30/2025
Oliver Wright ’27: Summer Research project “The Phenomenology of Scientific Revolutions” Puget Sound Philosophy major, Oliver Wright ’27, completed a summer research project titled “The Phenomenology of Scientific Revolutions”, supervised by professor Justin Tiehen. The project combine…
09/11/2025
Philosophy Department Pizza Party! All are welcome! What: Welcome Back Pizza Party! When: Friday, September 12th — 5:00pm to 6:00pm Where: Thomas Hall Patio Menu: New York-style pizza from Salamone’s Pizza About: It is an oppo…
10/28/2024
Lecture on Friday by Prof. Neil Sinhababu: “Pleasure Fundamentalism” Prof. Neil Sinhababu (National University of Singapore) will be giving a talk titled “Pleasure Fundamentalism” on Friday Nov 1st from 5-6pm in Wyatt 109. Please join the Philosophy depa…
10/08/2024
Professor Sara Protasi Wins 2024 Joseph B. Gittler Award Congratulations to Puget Sound Philosophy Professor Sara Protasi for being awarded the 2024 American Philosophyical Association Joseph B. Gittler Award for her book, The Philosophy of Envy (Cambrid…
09/26/2024
Summer Research Symposium Several Puget Sound Philosophy majors and minors presented their summer research at the Summer Research Symposium on Thursday September 12th. Their work covered a variety of topics in philosophy an…
09/24/2024
Professor Sara Protasi Honored at Faculty Awards Dinner Puget Sound Philosophy Professor Sara Protasi was the junior recipient of the Bartanen Research Award at the Fall 2024 Faculty Dinner. “The junior research award goes to a remarkably producti…
05/07/2024
Congratulations Class of 2024 Philosophy Graduates! This past weekend, we celebrated with graduating Philosophy Majors, Minors, and their families and friends. We are so incredibly proud of this group of graduates; they began college during the pand…
05/07/2024
2024 Philosophy Poster Presentations Students from Professor Sara Protasi’s senior seminar PHIL 450 Topics in Value Theory: Philosophy of Disability and from her fall 2023 course PHIL 333 Philosophy of Emotions presented their w…
02/13/2024
Trail Article Highlights Chloe Ivy-Curwen’s Interdisciplinary Approach to Art and Philosophy Sophomore Chloe Ivy-Curwen was chosen as The Trail’s “Artist of the Issue” and was interviewed about their art and artistic background. Chloe is a double major in Art and Philosop…